White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Congressional Fallout Shelter at the Greenbrier Resort
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
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White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Sterling, Virginia
These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Charlotte, North Carolina
This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.
Asheville, North Carolina
This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.
Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.
Realmonte, Italy
"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.
London, England
London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A preposterously luxurious hotel with gold-plated iPads, Rolls Royce chauffeurs, and a staff that trains by watching "Downton Abbey."
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.
Tokyo, Japan
This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Wiesbaden, Germany
This tremendous timepiece was once the largest cuckoo clock in the world.
Wiesbaden, Germany
A rare water-powered funicular, it uses a huge tank of water and gravity to do its work.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.
Bristol, Virginia
One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Mechanicsville, Virginia
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
Richmond, Virginia
This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.